Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

I’m Too Pissed Off To Post About Afghanistan Today

Instead have some random tweets on the subject: The situation on the ground: ***If*** this is true— that the Taliban has been quietly buying off Afghan officials & military members to prep its sweep across the country — then U.S. … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan: The Inevitable Disaster, More Disastrous Than Necessary

The current debacle unfolding in Afghanistan is a bipartisan disaster at least two decades in the making made much worse by the feckless incompetence of the Biden Administration. Defeat has long been baked into the Afghan pie by the failure … Continue reading →

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Thomas Sowell on Uncomfortable Truths About the Slave Trade

Social Justice/Critical Race Theory exists in perpetual Year Zero in which no history exists except that of America as a great oppressor. In fact, slavery existed long before there was a transatlantic slave trade, and despite Roots, the people who … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 13, 2021

Happy Friday the 13th! This week’s LinkSwarm features Democrats behaving badly (a timeless theme). Immediately after Senate Republicans caved on the pork-filled infrastructure bill, Democrats turned around and passed a highly partisan $3.5 billion budget bill. Good job, idiots. Hunter … Continue reading →

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In Which I Take On Two Unwarranted, Unspoken Assumptions Conor Friedersdorf Has About Defunding the Police

Conor Friedersdorf has a pretty decent piece in The Atlantic about how disasterous and unpopular the entire “Defund the Police” movement has been: After George Floyd’s murder, when sweeping criminal-justice reforms seemed more possible than ever, many Black Lives Matter … Continue reading →

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Doctor Says We’re Doing Everything Wrong

I am far from an expert on Flu Manchu, but it’s obvious that a lot of the “official wisdom” about how to fight the virus is simply wrong. Lockdown states have not done any better (and frequently worse) than states … Continue reading →

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News Flash: Cuomo Resigns

New York’s Democratic Governor Andrew “Granny Killer” Cuomo just announced “his resignation, effective in 14 days, a week after the state attorney general’s office found he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women.” Developing… Edited to add: National Review: “In … Continue reading →

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Can We Stop The Runaway Pork Trainwreck?

The more people look into the details of the massive “infrastructure” bill, they more reasons they find why conservatives should kill this giant pile of pork: Analysts from The Heritage Foundation have found a variety of flaws that should give … Continue reading →

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Imagine Communism

I need to put “Don’t fucking play ‘Imagine’ at my funeral” in my will. But this version I think I could live with: “And some day you will join us, or we will shoot you in the face.”

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Based Joe Rogan Vs. Vaccine Fascism

In just over two minutes, Joe Rogan articulates why America is special in world history, and why the Flu Manchu lockdown and tracking proposals are a threat to the historically exceptional freedoms Americans enjoy. Joe Rogan is right. pic.twitter.com/KN3Nrr54lZ — … Continue reading →

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